http://fresnozionism.org/2009/07/who-is-missing-opportunities-today/ A pro-Israel voice from California's Central Valley Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:01:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://fresnozionism.org/2009/07/who-is-missing-opportunities-today/comment-page-1/#comment-7248 Shalom Freedman Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:09:11 +0000 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/1282#comment-7248 I don't believe our 'opportunities' missed really parallel the opportunities missed by the Palestinians. We have never had an opportunity, given the underlying hostility and rejectionism of the other side to come to a peaceful resolution of the conflict. We have made of course many many mistakes , but this is not surprising given the ongoing nature of the conflict, and the plethora of challenges it presents. We have tried and tried, whether by withdrawals and concessions, or agreements and concessions, or by resoundingly defeating the enemy. Unfortunately the other side is vast and hydra- headed, with endless opportunities and support for evasion of 'peace'. Their core values do not seem to really match ours, and in fact do not even match the Obama's Administrations. What seems to me then most troublesome is not that we have missed opportunities but that we have not really had an opportunity for real peace- and are not very likely to have one in the foreseeable future. I don’t believe our ‘opportunities’ missed really parallel the opportunities missed by the Palestinians. We have never had an opportunity, given the underlying hostility and rejectionism of the other side to come to a peaceful resolution of the conflict. We have made of course many many mistakes , but this is not surprising given the ongoing nature of the conflict, and the plethora of challenges it presents. We have tried and tried, whether by withdrawals and concessions, or agreements and concessions, or by resoundingly defeating the enemy.
Unfortunately the other side is vast and hydra- headed, with endless opportunities and support for evasion of ‘peace’. Their core values do not seem to really match ours, and in fact do not even match the Obama’s Administrations.
What seems to me then most troublesome is not that we have missed opportunities but that we have not really had an opportunity for real peace- and are not very likely to have one in the foreseeable future.

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